Hello and all that sort of thing ting-a-ling. More open slots are up for the taking this Saturday evening along with a great headline act who blew us away last Saturday, so we had to feature him this week.

Sam Morris is a very talented singer/songwriter with a great sense of humour. Armed with guitar and harmonica, his musical style has an Americana folk/country style sung with confident vocals. I’m not sure where he originally comes from, but he seems to have an American accent (sorry Sam if you’re Canadian or of other descent). Online there’s not much information about Sam, so I’m just going on what I heard from his three songs last week at OOTB. Also online there are lots and lots of Sam Morris’s out there and I could only find his regular Facebook page where I stole and edited the above photo for you all to see. So no links to any of his music. You’ll just have to get along to the Kilderkin bar and hear for yourselves this emerging new talent.

Sign up from 7:30pm if you want some stage time and we’ll whistle-start the performance train at 8pm. Original material only if you please.

Will be utterly unshabby to see you there…

OOTB  😀

Hola todo el mundo. What a way to end the week during this continental weather by joining OOTB on Saturday evening for more original performances and yet another amazing feature act. Hailing all the way from sunny Livingstone, Mark Deans will be entertaining us with his own brand of acoustic songs. Elements of pop, country and folk are present in his music singing about his life experiences with a bit of Scots accent coming through. He’s well experienced playing live, so expect a great performance. Here’s a link to his Facebook band page: facebook.com/MarkDeansMusic

Sun-drenched and bleached open slots are available to all you well maintained Edinburgh celebrities who are hungry for a bit of stage time. Sign up from 7:30pm and then OOTB will start the bottom inspecting at 8pm. Original material only.

Will be warm yet strangely fuzzy to see you there…

OOTB  😀

Hello. This week OOTB have booked a very popular Edinburgh singer/songwriter for your discerning ears. Darren Hendrie is a hard-working musician who not only has a solo career gigging around Edinburgh, but also fronts the alternative rock-driven “Darren Hendrie Band”. You can catch him hosting Bannermans open mic every fortnight and he released several studio recordings late last year on You Tube. So we are looking forward to an acoustic set of his own songs this Saturday evening.

Here’s a link to some of Darren’s music: youtube.com/user/darrenhendrie/videos

Open slots for all you performance robots are available. Musicians, poets, comedians, magicians and the like are all welcome. Sign up from 7:30pm and we’ll start the evening of original talent at 8pm.

Will be a number valued somewhere between lissajous figures and infinity to see you there…

OOTB  😀

Hello. OOTB have booked an amazing feature act this Saturday heralding all the way from New Zealand. Say Or Do, fronted by singer/songwriter Sam French, musically has distinct acoustic folk flavours played with a mellow feel to his guitar style. Sam’s heartfelt vocals take his audiences on an emotional journey of his life’s experiences, and has released an album “Watching The World Pass By” which is currently available for download.

Well worth a listen, here’s a link to that album…sayordo.bandcamp.com

Open slots are available as always. Sign up from 7:30pm and we’ll watch the performances pass by together from 8pm.

Will be finely powdery to see you there…

OOTB  😀

Hello. Whether whatever during this eventual spring weather if OOTB have a feature act or not for this Saturday, open slots are up for grabs as per usual. If there ain’t no feature act then a handful more of those slots will be available to thee which make things a little more twiggary figgary diggary, whilst being a little bit jiggary.

Sign up from 7:30pm and we’ll apply pain to the performance headache at 8pm. Original material only and that sort of thing ting-a-ling.

Will be is you is or is you ain’t to see you there…

OOTB  😀

Well well well, OOTB have reached another milestone in our thirteen and a half (approximately) year history. Our six-hundredth event this Saturday is going to be helped along by our booked headline act. Bobby Murdoch hosts the Wee Pub open mic located in Edinburgh’s Grassmarket with great success and growing public reputation. Bobby’s songs have an alternative acoustic rock flavour sung along with sweeping confident vocals. He usually down-tunes his guitar a tone which already sets the mood and feel of his music. Don’t miss out on a performance that’s original and entertaining.

Open slots are available as usual so that you can help us celebrate our 600th event. Sign up from 7:30pm and we’ll count up to 600 at 8pm for an evening of brilliant original acts.

Will be 599 times wrong not to see you there,

OOTB  😀

Hello. Winter is fading before our very eyes and OOTB have booked a special feature act for this Saturday to welcome in a new spring. Irish-born Native Oak is touring Britain with his distinctive brand of music and we’re delighted he has stopped by for another time at Edinburgh’s OOTB. His music is raw gutsy folk at heart, but has a laid-back ambient feel sung along with deep emotional vocals that take you on a personal journey. Witness this genre of music at its best cutting straight to the point with no unnecessary fluff needed, at the Kilderkin bar of course. You would be simply daft to miss out. Here’s a link to some of Native Oak’s music: nativeoak.bandcamp.com

Open slots are up for grabbing as usual. Sign up from 7:30pm and OOTB will separate the wood from the trees at 8pm. Original material only.

Will be bouncy fun fun fun to see you there…

OOTB  😀

Hello. This week’s featured act is a talented Irish-born young man who goes by the name of Brian Hughes, also known by the pseudonym “Screamin’ Whisper”. Brian moved to Edinburgh in 2013 at the age of seventeen and quickly emerged as a bright new talent to hit the city’s live music scene. He was also chosen to play with the Edinburgh Schools Rock Ensemble as his style has a confident rock and blues influence. He’s played on the OOTB stage several times and we are delighted to have Brian as our headline this Saturday. Come along and witness a musician with a promising career and whose records you’ll be buying in the near future.

Here’s a link to some of Brian’s music: soundcloud.com/screamin-whisper

We need more talent, new and not quite so new, to fill our open slots. Sign up from 7:30pm and OOTB will press the start button of the whirling performance washing machine at 8pm. Original material only.

Will be like a cool 30C temperature wash to see you there…

OOTB  😀

Hello. Whether whatever during this windy weather if OOTB have a feature act or not for this Saturday, open slots are up for grabs as per usual. If there ain’t no feature act then a handful more of those slots will be available to thee which make things a little more sugary dougary woogary whilst being slightly boogary.

Sign up from 7:30pm and we’ll apply pressure to the performance cooker at 8pm. Original material only and that sort of thing ting-a-ling.

Will be elegantly graceful to see you there…

OOTB  😀

Hello all humans and everyone else. After an unfortunate cancellation due to a chest infection a few weeks ago, OOTB have re-booked a rather amazing feature act for this Saturday. Bryan Donoghue writes upbeat catchy songs with a country acoustic rock influence coming through. Expect an energetic and entirely musical performance from this young but experienced songwriter. He is currently recording a new E.P. ‘Beautiful Chaos’ and we’re all looking forward to hearing it.

Here’s a link to some of Bryan’s music: soundcloud.com/bryandonoghuemusic

Open slots are up for grabs. Sign up from 7:30pm and OOTB will start the alluring mayhem at 8pm. Original material only as always.

Will be complete gorgeous pandemonium to see you all there…

OOTB